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Re: Adventures in Hiring by Fullofkittens 04/25/2018, 7:26am PDT
Rafiki wrote:


Received a resume from some woman who had been building websites via contracting for the last 10 years. Held 3 degrees: biology, fine arts, writing. Had never held a single job related to: biology, fine arts, writing. What? PASS.


Speaking as someone who has both a Bachelors and a Master's in music, this sounds like a person who decided she wanted to work at a job and get paid money for that job, like I did and do. I don't see why it should be disqualifying. If anything what this says is:
  1. This is a person who is likely better at communicating with and understanding humans than an average engineer.

  2. This is a person who can teach themselves technical skills and stay relevant in the industry without formal technical training.


Seems like she was worth a phone screen to me.

Selecting resumes solely based on tech stacks is a mistake, as I guess you are starting to see. The good developers I work with a perfectly capable of jumping from stack to stack with little trouble. The great developers I work with are great because of their people skills.
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Adventures in Hiring by Rafiki 04/24/2018, 8:20pm PDT NEW
    Re: Adventures in Hiring by Fullofkittens 04/25/2018, 7:26am PDT NEW
        Yeah, GPAs and degrees are worthless. Only consider if they have <3 years' xp. NT by The Happiness Engine 04/25/2018, 12:21pm PDT NEW
            This thread is helpful for making the jump from freelance to white collar work. NT by saltlord 04/25/2018, 12:45pm PDT NEW
        Next you’ll tell me I shouldn’t disqualify people that don’t play D&D or L by Rafiki 04/25/2018, 1:49pm PDT NEW
    Ha. So very, very true. Candidates are so bad. by blackwater 04/25/2018, 1:20pm PDT NEW
    A poll for programmers by Rafiki 05/04/2018, 3:15pm PDT NEW
        Re: A poll for programmers by E. L. Koba 05/04/2018, 5:50pm PDT NEW
        They use String after being explicitly told not to. NT by DQ 05/05/2018, 8:40am PDT NEW
            Yeah, tough to defend this one. NT by Ice Cream Jonsey 05/06/2018, 10:19am PDT NEW
        Re: A poll for programmers by Ice Cream Jonsey 05/05/2018, 1:20pm PDT NEW
            Re: A poll for programmers by Rafiki 05/07/2018, 9:05pm PDT NEW
                Re: A poll for programmers by Ice Cream Jonsey 05/08/2018, 5:51am PDT NEW
            "Automator" is a cool-sounding job title NT by blackwater 05/08/2018, 12:06am PDT NEW
    My first cheater! by Rafiki 06/11/2018, 8:32am PDT NEW
 
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